14451027Pastorall, Historicall, Historicall, Comicall,

14461028Comicall historicall, Pastorall, Tragedy historicall:

14481029Seneca cannot be too heauy, nor Plato too light:

14491030For the law hath writ those are the onely men.

14511031Ha. O Iepha Iudge of Israel! what a treasure hadst thou?

14531032Cor. Why what a treasure had he my lord?

14541033Ham. Why one faire daughter, and no more,

14551034The which he loued passing well.

14581035Cor. A, stil harping a my daughter! well my Lord,

1036If you call me Iepha, I hane a daughter that

14591037I loue passing well.

14601038Ham. Nay that followes not.

14611039Cor. What followes then my Lord?

14621040Ham. Why by lot, or God wot, or as it came to passe,

14631041And so it was, the first verse of the godly Ballet

14641042Wil tel you all: for look you where my abridgement comes:

14661043Welcome maisters, welcome all, Enter players.

14681044What my olde friend, thy face is vallanced

14691045Since I saw thee last, com'st thou to beard me in Denmarke?

14701046My yong lady and mistris, burlady but your

14711047Ladiship is growne by the altitude of a chopine higher than (you were:

14721048Pray God sir your voyce, like a peece of vncurrant

14731049Golde, be not crack't in the ring: come on maisters,

14741050Weele euen too't, like French Falconers,

14751051Flie at any thing we see, come, a taste of your

14761052Quallitie, a speech, a passionate speech.

14781053Players What speech my good lord?

14791054Ham. I heard thee speake a speech once,

1055But it was neuer acted: or if it were,

14801056Neuer aboue twice, for as I remember,

14811057It pleased not the vulgar, it was cauiary

1058To the million: but to me

14821059And others, that receiued it in the like kinde,

14831060Cried in the toppe of their iudgements, an excellent play,

14841061Set downe with as great modestie as cunning:

14851062One said there was no sallets in the lines to make thē sauory,